WineSmelling 101

The 2009 Complete Wine Course is out. And in it is a chapter that Kevin Zraly and I co-authored on the incredible sense of SMELL, and how key smell is to our enjoyment of wine…and all else in life.

How does our sense of smell work? Why is it so evocative of emotion, so central to memory and so critical to happiness, health, learning and love?

How does smell vary across cultures and evolve and devolve over a lifetime?

How can we keep our sense of smell intact and alive longer, and use it more fully and joyously?

Kevin and I agree: One of the most pleasurable ways to train, strengthen and preserve our all-important sense of smell is through mindfully savoring wine.

For every good reason, we hope you will ENJOY Wine Smelling 101, and we hope you will smell wine with us sometime soon!

Warmly and looking forward,
Kevin and Wendy